Background Noises:
Pick a sound. Pick a length. Press play.
White noise, nature sounds, binaural beats, solfeggio frequencies & noise generators — all in one app. No onboarding quiz. No breathing exercises. No one talking at you. Simple by default, powerful when you need it.
7-day free trial on all paid plans. 6 free sample credits every month.
Simple by Default, Powerful When You Need It
You downloaded a sound app. We give you sound. No fluff, no onboarding quiz, no breathing exercises.
Ambient Sounds
Rain, ocean, forest, river, thunder, fire, underwater & more. Nature sounds across 4 categories.
Binaural Builder
Design multi-segment binaural beat journeys with precise carrier and beat frequency control.
Brainwave Presets
Delta, Theta, Alpha, Beta — scientifically-backed brainwave entrainment for sleep, focus, and calm.
Sessions Up To 12 Hours
From quick 1-minute samples to overnight 12-hour sessions. Set it and drift off.
Privacy First
No ads. No tracking. GDPR compliant. Delete your data anytime with one tap.
How It Works
Create Your Free Account
Sign up with email, Apple, or Google. Takes 10 seconds.
Choose Your Sound
Pick from nature sounds, noise generators, frequencies, or build a custom binaural beat journey.
Press Play
Set your duration from 1 minute to 12 hours, hit play, and relax.
Simple Pricing
Start with a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime, no charge.
Free Trial
7 days free
Try any paid plan, cancel anytime
- Full access for 7 days
- 1-minute previews after trial
- 6 sample credits/month
- Cancel anytime, no charge
Essentials
$1.99/mo
7-day free trial
Full-length ambient sounds
- 20 credits/month
- Sessions from 1 min to 12 hours
- All brainwave presets
Premium
$4.99/mo
7-day free trial
Everything unlocked
- 50 credits/month
- Sessions up to 12 hours
- All sound categories
- Binaural Journeys (Sleep, Focus, etc.)
- Full Binaural Builder
Ready to Relax?
Better sleep, deeper focus, calmer days — all from one app. Start your 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime.
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Sleep Sounds
Fall asleep faster with rain sounds, ocean waves, gentle thunder, and brown noise. Professionally crafted ambient audio designed for all-night listening. Set a duration from 1 minute to 12 hours and drift off.
Focus & Study Music
Block distractions with forest sounds, river ambience, or brown noise. Add binaural beats tuned to beta frequencies (14-30 Hz) for enhanced concentration. Perfect for work from home, studying, or deep work sessions.
Binaural Beats
Science-backed brainwave entrainment using precise frequency differentials. Delta waves (0.5-4 Hz) for deep sleep, theta (4-8 Hz) for meditation, alpha (8-14 Hz) for relaxation, beta (14-30 Hz) for focus. Pre-made journeys or build your own.
White Noise & Nature Sounds
White noise, pink noise, brown noise, grey noise — plus nature sounds including rain, ocean, river, forest, fire, thunder, and underwater environments. Solfeggio frequencies and ambient soundscapes round out the collection.
Why Background Noises?
Most sound apps are bloated with features you don't need — onboarding quizzes, breathing exercises, sleep stories, someone telling you to notice the weight of your body. Background Noises skips everything between you and the sound you came for. Pick a sound, pick a length, press play. That's it. No ads. No dark patterns. 7-day free trial on every paid plan. 6 free sample credits to start. The depth is there — binaural beats, Beat Builder, solfeggio frequencies, 15 brainwave journeys — but it never blocks the front door.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Background Noises?+
Background Noises is an ambient sound app built for simplicity: pick a sound, pick a length, press play. It offers white noise, nature sounds, binaural beats with a custom Beat Builder, all 9 solfeggio frequencies, and 15 brainwave journeys — available on the web at bgnoises.com, the App Store for iPhone & iPad, and Google Play for Android. No voiceovers. No guided meditation. Just sound.
Is Background Noises free?+
Yes. The free tier includes 6 credits per month with 1-minute demos of all sounds. Essentials adds 20 credits with tracks up to 12 hours, and Premium adds 50 credits plus the Binaural Beat Builder and Journeys. All paid tiers include a 7-day free trial.
How do binaural beats work?+
Binaural beats work by playing slightly different frequencies in each ear — for example, 200 Hz in the left ear and 210 Hz in the right. Your brain perceives a third frequency (10 Hz, the difference), which can entrain brainwave activity. Background Noises offers delta (0.5–4 Hz) for sleep, theta (4–7 Hz) for meditation, alpha (7–13 Hz) for relaxation, and beta (13–30 Hz) for focus. Headphones are required.
What is the difference between white noise, pink noise, and brown noise?+
White noise contains equal energy across all frequencies, sounding like static. Pink noise reduces higher frequencies, sounding more balanced like steady rain. Brown noise further emphasizes low frequencies, producing a deep rumble. Background Noises offers all three, plus grey noise.
How is the audio created?+
Tracks are created using a combination of professional sound design and AI-assisted generation. Binaural beats and solfeggio frequencies are synthesized with precision DSP. There are no AI voiceovers or narration — just sound.
What are solfeggio frequencies?+
Solfeggio frequencies are specific tones — 174, 285, 396, 417, 528, 639, 741, 852, and 963 Hz — historically used in sacred music and now popular in meditation and sound healing. Background Noises offers all 9 tones, including the popular 528 Hz "love frequency."
How is Background Noises different from Calm or Headspace?+
Background Noises focuses exclusively on pure ambient sound — no onboarding quiz, no breathing exercises, no sleep stories, no one telling you to notice the weight of your body. It skips everything between you and the sound you came for. Simple by default, powerful when you need it.
What platforms is Background Noises available on?+
Background Noises is available on any web browser at bgnoises.com, the App Store for iPhone and iPad, and Google Play for Android. One account syncs your library across all platforms.